Chinese farmers market - 80年代农副产品市场 (广州): Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940 Photographs of a Chinese farmers market in Guangzhou (Canton). The produce offered here is not core nutrition, but, rather, "complementary" food (副产品), as indicated in the name of the market. This characteristic makes the place rather interesting, at least from a western perspective. Yes, it does sell rice, and roasted duck, and fish. But there are other, more "exotic" or "potent" products on sale here: <br/>- snake (a southern Chinese speciality, almost obligatory actually); <br/>- smaller and larger turtles (the smaller variety goes by the pound); <br/>- deer (not yet skinned); <br/>- dog (skinned, pre-cooked); <br/>- dried, skeletal monkeys; <br/>- so-called smooth newts. <br/><br/>Many of these "foodstuffs" were on the endangered species list back then already, but were sold anyway.<br/><br/>Chinese food safety standards (in general) have changed much since these pictures were taken in 1981, but still pose challenging problems today: "According to a survey pubished in the official <em>China Food Quality News</em>, almost two-thirds of Chinese are worried about food safety, while a fifth have no confidence in drinking water safety." (See the Reuters article "China food safety improving but challenges "arduous", Jan. 7, 2008). If anything, the appetite for exotic food has only increased in my experience. <br/><br/>Nikon FE2, Kodachrome slide film, scanned at 800DPI to TIF with Epson 4990 scanner. <br/><br/>Uploaded May 21, 2007. Updated Jan. 8 2008.<br/>Thomas H. Hahn, Ithaca, NY en-us Copyright (C) Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Mon, 21 May 2007 18:33:00 GMT Mon, 21 May 2007 18:39:00 GMT Documentary City Scenes http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p730262766-10.jpg Chinese farmers market - 80年代农副产品市场 (广州): Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940 120 81 Market entrance http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=1071861784 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=1071861784"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p1071861784-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Market entrance http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=1071861784 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:35:28 GMT Tasty Cantonese duck http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=831053735 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=831053735"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p831053735-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Tasty Cantonese duck http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=831053735 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:35:34 GMT Rice was a bit slow that day http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=741783746 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=741783746"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p741783746-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Rice was a bit slow that day http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=741783746 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:35:47 GMT A lively display with all these chicken and pigeons http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=994538376 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=994538376"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p994538376-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) A lively display with all these chicken and pigeons http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=994538376 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:36:02 GMT The butcher http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=938036523 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=938036523"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p938036523-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) The butcher http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=938036523 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:36:17 GMT Preparing fish http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=852560462 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=852560462"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p852560462-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Preparing fish http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=852560462 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:36:30 GMT Traditional medicine and some furs in the foreground http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=586335540 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=586335540"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p586335540-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Traditional medicine and some furs in the foreground http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=586335540 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:36:40 GMT Dried sea stars and other dead matter http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=950608140 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=950608140"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p950608140-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Dried sea stars and other dead matter http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=950608140 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:36:52 GMT A deer (two, actually) http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=888454405 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=888454405"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p888454405-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) A deer (two, actually) http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=888454405 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:37:04 GMT Some type of behooved, skinned and I believe pre-cooked animal http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=627104029 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=627104029"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p627104029-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Some type of behooved, skinned and I believe pre-cooked animal http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=627104029 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:37:09 GMT Monkey business (and some other skeletal creatures) http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=613610773 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=613610773"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p613610773-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Monkey business (and some other skeletal creatures) http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=613610773 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:37:26 GMT Monkeys, sold by the pound http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=568656327 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=568656327"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p568656327-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Monkeys, sold by the pound http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=568656327 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:37:33 GMT Snakes, gall bladder removed http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=995478484 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=995478484"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p995478484-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Snakes, gall bladder removed http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=995478484 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:37:49 GMT A variety of turtle http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=742742149 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=742742149"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p742742149-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) A variety of turtle http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=742742149 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:38:00 GMT Another variety of turtle http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=998355489 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=998355489"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p998355489-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Another variety of turtle http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=998355489 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:38:20 GMT Smanders (smooth newts, that is) http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=730262766 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=730262766"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p730262766-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Smanders (smooth newts, that is) http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=730262766 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:38:34 GMT Freshwater fish http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=963622627 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=963622627"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p963622627-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) Freshwater fish http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=963622627 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:38:48 GMT More snakes http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=821876751 <p><a href="http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=821876751"><img src="http://hahn.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p821876751-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) More snakes http://Hahn.zenfolio.com/p345371940/?photo=821876751 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:35:14 GMT